FTSE treads water as oil stocks slip (at FT.com)
yahoo.com     Jul 24, 2008            

London equities held steady on Thursday, helped by a sustained recovery in the financial sector, but oil companies prevented wider gains. The FTSE 100 rose 0.2 per cent to 5,460.0 with the FTSE 250 up 0.3 per cent at 9,206.7. Kingfisher shot 11.9 per cent higher to 130.8p after its second-quarter numbers were not as bad as some analysts had feared. The name... [read full story]                    


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